What is the Future of the UNP post-2020?
Losing another election will not mean anything much to Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP’s leader since 1994, but the thought of departing from politics branded as a traitor to the Nation is nothing any UNP...
Chartering Our Future / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th August 2020
Losing another election will not mean anything much to Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP’s leader since 1994, but the thought of departing from politics branded as a traitor to the Nation is nothing any UNP...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd August 2020
Have we learnt lessons? Don Juan Dharmapala not only baptized himself but even gifted Lanka to the Portuguese. Rajasinghe II learnt a bitter lesson when he thought the Dutch was better than the Portuguese...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th July 2020
The main argument to support the MCC Land Project is that technology will put an end to land problems & Sri Lanka will be on par with countries using advanced technologies. These countries are...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Political Parties / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th July 2020
While ACSA was signed in August 2017, the contents of that agreement has not been made public and no one in Government appears to know either. There is a leaked SOFA agreement while MCC...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th June 2020
The very controversial and dangerous US transnational project known as MCC Compact has generated public objections for the right reasons and if not for the resolve of a handful of people who went...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th June 2020
In 2018, Yasmin Sooka representing International Truth & Justice Project administered through the EU funded Foundation for Human Rights South Africa submitted to The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) Sri Lanka, set up by...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd June 2020
Let’s just imagine a scenario where the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka were given substantial autonomy to make its own decisions but remain within the ambit of what is oft described as a “united...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th June 2020
The world has over 64million military personnel which includes regular, reserves and paramilitary forces & close to 13million police defending their countries. They not only protect and defend the sovereignty & territorial integrity...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th June 2020
Why you should worry about MCC Sri Lanka On April 25, 2019, the MCC Board of Directors approved the five-year Sri Lanka Compact. It was days after Easter Sunday mass murder. The...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE crimes / Political Parties / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th June 2020
It is a tragedy that the custodians of world peace are unable to differentiate between those that defend a Nation and its People and those armed to create mayhem and murder. The Armed Forces...